A friend loves at all times...

Happy 4th of July Weekend!

I hope your holiday weekend will be very fun and very safe!  We never travel on this holiday weekend, so I have had some crafting time today.

This is the first 6 x 6 card I've made in a while.  I had almost forgotten how!!! GASP!!!

Here ya go.....

Here is #3044 Lazy Tilda from the latest collection from Magnolia!  Cute....tooo cute!

 The sentiment is from SU called Banner Blessings. The DP and cardstock is also SU.

A closer look at how I colored her....

This is the upper inside of the card with #03 Follow Me Tilda... This sentiment is from a retired  SU Kit called Hey There.

A closer lookie-loo......

Not nearly as elaborate, the salutation panel. 

 That all for today...I'm off to make dinner...Blessings and hugs...Barb

You Rock my World

Hello everyone!  I'm back with a new, really NEW card today.  Yesterday I received my newest images from Magnolia-licious and couldn't wait to sit down and put some ink to paper.  These new collections are ADOR-able! =)

If you haven't been over to Diana's marvelous online store, you need to get on over.  She has some wonderful discounts to offer you and some delightful new collections!

As you can see, I've started to use my images on A2 sized cards.  That's a standard 4 1/4 X 5 1/2" card.  Now I admit, there's not a lot of room for all the goodies you can put on a 6 X 6 card, but I'm so enjoying the design challenge.  I've also been adding matching paper to the  flap of envelopes to coordinate, which of course, means you must keep your card pretty flat.

I chose on this card to stretch myself a little and add a little spray of flowers, a bow and a stick pin.  Well then I had to make a box envelope to accommodate the added dimension.  I used a small velcro closure on the back of the envelope to hold it closed.  Of course this would never fit through the mail, it will need to be hand delivered.  No problemo!!

Here is my card:

This is #02 Earth Tilda from the newest collection called World Wide Web.  It is on pre-order in the store.

Card with Envelope Box

The inside of the card.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The left side of the inside is for writing a personal note.

Here is the artsy view of the card.

 Well, that's it!  I'm so glad you decided to stop by today.  As always your comments are much appreciated.

Many blessings,

Hugs,

Barb

Two little thank you's...

Good morning my dear blogging friends.

 I was recently asked to make two fruit and candy baskets for the staff and teachers at our neighborhood school. We work closely with them, taking 25 students, 5 days a week, into our after school program at church where we mentor them, tutor them and teach them the Bible. They also have a healthy snack and plenty of play time to burn off their energy.

 I help out two afternoons a week and totally love it. So when the challenge was given me I decided that a thank you card for each basket was totally necessary. The cards are really bare on the outside. I knew the cards would be discarded and didn't want to lose too many embellies to the trash. I'm just saying.... So here are the two cards. The colors I used are the colors chosen for our program. All the volunteers wear this pretty blue or a light green. The shirts have our logo and our names on them...but I digress.

 Here are my two cards :-)

This is #280 Tilda Loves Flowers.  She is colored with Copics and a little touch of Adirondack Lights in the backsground.

This sweetie is #308 Tilda with Many Hearts  I used Spellbinders Labels 10 for the shaped panels on each of the cards.

Here is a closer look at how I colored this Tilda.  Don't you just love the red hair?

And a closer peek at how I colored Tilda with many hearts. 

It's Friday, so I'm wishing you all a very crafty weekend!

 Ciao and hugs, 

Barb